Ibaraki
You must be 20 or over to drink in Japan. If you are driving, you cannot taste.
Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
A brewery in Makabe with registered tangible cultural property buildings. After an explanation and a walk through the brewery, visitors taste sake at the tasting corner.
A brewery in Makabe where staff guide visitors through the brewery and explain its sake-making culture and techniques.
Ushiku, Ibaraki
The site of Japan's first full-scale winery, built in the Meiji era. The Kamiya Denbei Memorial Hall displays large casks, winemaking equipment and an underground cellar, free of charge.
Itako, Ibaraki
A sake brewery founded in 1804 offering a free brewery tour, followed by tasting and shopping at the on-site shop.
Hitachiota, Ibaraki
A sake brewery in Hitachiota that accepts brewery tours by reservation only.
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
A brewery in buildings dating from the late Edo period, offering a guided tour with tasting on how the sake is made and enjoyed.
Kasama, Ibaraki
A brewery founded in 1868 offering a guided tour with tasting led by brewery staff, in a standard course or a private premium course.
Naka, Ibaraki
The head office of Kiuchi Brewery, known for Hitachino Nest Beer. It has a shop and tasting counter, and a hands-on 'handcrafted beer workshop' where visitors brew their own beer.
Ishioka, Ibaraki
Kiuchi Brewery's whisky distillery at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba. The guided tour covers the production process and ends with a tasting of three whiskies.
Mito, Ibaraki
A tasting tour at the whisky distillery of Mito’s Meiri Shurui: learn about fermentation, distillation and maturation, visit the yeast laboratory and maturation warehouse, and taste six selected spirits. The company’s visitor facility Besshunkan also offers a plum-wine-making experience.
A brewery set up in 2023 by Nuriya, a long-established eel restaurant in Mito. Craft beer is served at the on-site taproom.
Kashima, Ibaraki
A company-run brew pub on the approach to Kashima Shrine, serving its own craft beer with food.
Chikusei, Ibaraki
A sake brewery founded in 1716 that holds brewery tours mainly during the brewing season, showing how sake is made.
Sakai, Ibaraki
A brewery inside the Michi-no-Eki Sakai roadside station, selling beer at its shop on weekends and refilling growlers brought by customers.
The sake brewery behind the sacred sake of Kasama Inari shrine. A free tour covers the rice-washing area, steaming room and brewing room, with tasting at the on-site shop.
The beer pub and bottle shop run by Tsukuba Brewery, where its beer can be drunk or bought.
A brewery at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba that sells canned beer and serves draft beer on weekends and holidays.
A taproom restaurant 7 minutes on foot from Tsukuba Station, serving 8 to 10 beers at all times with a window view into the brewery.
This year's edition has ended
A craft beer festival in a plaza near Tsukuba Station. The 13th edition ran October 16-18, 2026, with 40 breweries and over 200 beers.
Ushiku, Ibaraki, Ibaraki
The first wine festival in Ibaraki Prefecture, held alongside the Ushiku Chateau Japan Heritage Festa, on 7 March 2026 from 10:00 to 15:30.
